Political Science POLS-Y 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: High Standard Manufacturing Company, Cloture, Hastert Rule
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Member of the british parliament, where he described his beliefs of what it meant to represent the people. Elected representative should be entrusted with all decision making. Burke"s trustee model contrasts with what we know as the delegate model. Allocative: money to support projects in their districts. Casework: to represent your interests to government bureaucracies. Symbolism: to represent government at local events. Two houses, each equal in the legislative process. This system is slower and less efficient. Seats are reapportioned to the states after every census. District lines have to be redrawn after every census. Opens the door for strategic drawing of the lines, better known as gerrymandering. Who can draw district lines varies by state. Redistricting is solely the power of the partisan legislature in 30 states. Only six states do so in an independent fashion. In 2012, republicans won only 47. 6% of the nationwide votes for house of.